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Ed Davey picks his favourite booksThe Week Recommends The politician shares works by George Eliot, Ian McEwan and Umberto Eco
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Look What You Made Me Do: John Lanchester’s ‘bracingly satisfying’ novelThe Week Recommends Bestselling author’s black comedy ‘gleefully skewers the chattering classes’
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The Last Kings of Hollywood: a ‘superb’ profile of Coppola, Lucas and SpielbergThe Week Recommends Paul Fischer’s ‘closely researched’ book charts how the trio of directors went from ‘obscurity to cinematic immortality’
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Gordon Brown: Power with Purpose – ‘illuminating’ biography of ‘towering’ politicianThe Week Recommends James Macintyre’s work explores ‘simmering tensions’ with Tony Blair, and Brown’s ‘ever-active retirement’
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The most anticipated novels coming out in 2026The Week Recommends Celebrate the National Year of Reading with stories that linger long after the last page
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Bonfire of the Murdochs: an ‘utterly gripping’ bookThe Week Recommends Gabriel Sherman examines Rupert Murdoch’s ‘war of succession’ over his media empire
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Gisèle Pelicot’s ‘extraordinarily courageous’ memoir is a ‘compelling’ readIn the Spotlight A Hymn to Life is a ‘riveting’ account of Pelicot’s ordeal and a ‘rousing feminist manifesto’
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The Colour of Home: Sajid Javid’s ‘surprisingly moving’ memoirThe Week Recommends Much of former Home Secretary’s book about his childhood is genuinely ‘absorbing’
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A Shellshocked Nation: Britain Between the Wars – history at its most ‘human and revelatory’The Week Recommends Alwyn Turner’s ‘witty and wide-ranging’ account of the interwar years
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The Flower Bearers: ‘a visceral depiction of violence, loss and emotional destruction’The Week Recommends Rachel Eliza Griffiths’ ‘open wound of a memoir’ is also a powerful ‘love story’ and a ‘portrait of sisterhood’
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Must-see bookshops around the UKThe Week Recommends Lose yourself in beautiful surroundings, whiling away the hours looking for a good book
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Off the Scales: ‘meticulously reported’ rise of OzempicThe Week Recommends A ’nuanced’ look at the implications of weight-loss drugs
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Do audiobooks count as reading?Talking Point Queen Camilla insists listening is legitimate but a snobbery remains that’s hard to shift
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Departure(s): Julian Barnes’ ‘triumphant’ final book blends fact with fictionThe Week Recommends The Booker prize-winning novelist ponders the ‘struggle to find happiness and accept life’s ending’
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